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Here's the The Lowdown from DN Journal,
updated daily
to fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry. 

The Lowdown is compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron Jackson.

I hope all of our friends in the U.S. will enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend that is now underway, and will pause to remember what the holiday is really about on Monday - the day set aside to honor the men and women who gave their lives in military service for the United States. My best childhood friend, Ron Poole, was killed in the Viet Nam War and on Monday I will be thinking of him and the promising life he lost while serving as a U.S. Marine

Memorial Day started in 1866, the year after the conclusion of the Civil War (it was originally known as Decoration Day but after World War II Memorial Day became the preferred term). For most Americans, the Memorial Day weekend signals the start of  

summer and many will be on the road this weekend headed for beaches and other vacation destinations.

Among those traveling is leading geodomainer Michael Castello (Castello Cities Internet Network) and his family. Diana and I were pleased to have them stop by our house just north of Tampa for lunch this afternoon while they were en route across Florida to see relatives in the Panama City area. 

Special guests at the Jackson household this afternoon (left to right): Jessica Castello 
(who made fast friends with our dog Savannah), Michael Castello, Sheri Castello and 
son Jonathan Castello (a budding author who is currently writing his first book!)

Michael and his brother David became instant friends when Diana and I first met them at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference in Hollywood, Florida in October 2006. Hearing their remarkable life story while chatting with them at that event led me to write what became one of our most popular Cover Stories ever, Band of Brothers: How Michael and David Castello Morphed from Struggling Musicians to Domain Millionaires in December 2006. 

The Castellos (who own PalmSprings.com, Nashville.com, Acapulco.com, Daycare.com and Whisky.com, to name just a few) now frequently speak at domain conferences and one thing that has always impressed me about them is their willingness to help industry newcomers get ahead. As I noted in this column yesterday, they will be speaking at the Domain Roundtable conference in Washington D.C. on June 15

While the Castello family continued their journey to the Florida Panhandle after lunch, our family is preparing to head in the same direction Sunday. Diana and I will be taking our daughter Brittany (who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania on Monday) to Tallahassee to find an apartment. She begins Medical School at Florida State University with a three-day orientation that starts Tuesday, so we won't have much time to help her get settled in.

Most first year med school students don't have to start until late August, but FSU requires all first year students to take anatomy over the summer, immediately after getting their undergraduate degree. That will cut Brittany's "summer vacation" from three months down to less than 24 hours. She gets back from Philadelphia Saturday, gets to sleep at home just one night, then has to repack her bags and head to Tallahassee with us 

Brittany Jackson (left) & her friend Lakshmi Sivarajan
 
on the cover of Penn's 2008 Homecoming program.

Sunday. She is excited though, having been a Florida State fan ever since her older brother (a chemical engineering graduate from FSU) "indoctrinated" her in Seminole culture when she was still in elementary school. 

So while you are enjoying your holiday break Sunday and Monday, think of your old pal Ron who will be schlepping around moving boxes and furniture when he could have been sitting on the beach sipping a pina colada. I'll be back here with the next Lowdown post Tuesday (assuming I am not too sore to get out of bed that day!). 

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